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Budget planning is everything - travelers should take the varying tourist taxes in different cities into account when planning their vacation.
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Arrival, accommodation, program - and then the tourist tax?
How high it is varies quite a bit.
This is shown by a comparison of around 390 German holiday resorts.
Berlin - Anyone who goes on vacation in Germany can save a lot depending on their destination - simply because the tourist tax or tourist tax varies depending on the location.
This is shown by a comparison by the travel portal Holidaycheck.
The amount of tourist tax or tourism tax for 393 German cities in the high season was determined.
And the differences are enormous.
The range is therefore between 5 euros, which is charged per adult per night on the island of Spiekeroog, and 0.25 euros in Lindenfels (Hesse).
What initially sounds like a small difference adds up.
Especially since there are also holiday resorts without taxes.
An example:
For the Spiekeroog example, for two adults and ten nights there is a tourist tax of 100 euros.
For the same stay in Lindenfels it would only be 5 euros.
The tourist tax is not always a fixed amount
Hardly anyone will make their choice of travel destination dependent on the tourist tax.
But vacationers should plan for the additional costs in their travel budget.
It's not always about a fixed amount that tourists have to pay.
In many cities the tax also depends on the price of the overnight stay.
In Hamburg, vacationers and business travelers have to pay four euros if their room costs 200 euros per night.
In the city of Hanover you even have to pay six euros for this overnight stay.
The tax is therefore calculated proportionately.
In many cities such as Berlin, Cologne, Bremen and Leipzig the proportion is five percent of the overnight price.
The leaders with 7.5 percent are Dortmund and Flensburg.
Taxes are intended to improve infrastructure
Tourists are often offered something in return for the tax, such as free entry.
Guests on Norderney, for example, pay 4.90 euros per night - but they have access to the beaches and free sports programs.
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As a rule, holiday resorts use the tax to invest in their infrastructure.
For example, to offer tourists discounts on local public transport and to keep beaches, mountains and landscapes clean - and holidaymakers also benefit from this.
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